The 41st annual fall Career Fair will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 28 in the Williams Fieldhouse Gymnasium.
One hundred fifty-eight companies are registered to attend.
“All students should attend the career fair. It is a wonderful opportunity and everyone should take advantage of it,” Diana Trendt, career consultant for UW-Platteville, […]

More than one hundred students plan to be “Up ‘til Dawn” on Oct. 4, stuffing envelopes and having fun while trying to raise money for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital has treated more than 20,000 children since it opened in 1962, according to its Web site, www.stjude.org. Daily operating costs for […]

The First Amendment was being practiced at length at UW-Platteville Sept. 25. Bill Landerholm and George Smock preached their religious beliefs to students between the Pioneer Student Center and Boebel Hall.
“We’re here to preach and teach the Bible,” Smock, founder and president of Campus Ministry USA, said. “They [college students] need to know there is […]

At 8:00 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 30, UW-Platteville’s Center for the Arts will be hosting the first show in its Performing Arts Series. Los Hombes Calientes, a Grammy nominated Latin Jazz band, will be opening the 2006-2007 season.
Los Hombres Calientes, based out of New Orleans, is led by Irvin Mayfield, trumpet player, and Bill Summers, percussionist.
In […]

The UW-Platteville Faculty Senate passed a resolution on Sept. 12 opposing the 2005 Senate Joint Resolution 53: Amendment to Marriage Act, more commonly known as the civil union and gay marriage ban.
The faculty senate took this action because of the effect it will have on employee benefits in the UW System.
Support for the resolution was […]

The Eau Claire rugby team came to Saturday’s match against Platteville trying to get revenge on the Pioneers, who had beaten them in their two previous games.
However, Platteville had other ideas as they scored 11 times en route to a 65-14 victory.
On a rainy day the Pioneers made it worse for the Blugolds as they […]

Campus Programming and Relations’ Standup Saturday Comedy Series comes into full swing with the second comedian of the year, Amy Anderson.
Anderson is an up-and-coming comedian, who has made appearances on Comedy Central’s Premium Blend and VH1’s Radio Tonga (A3Z), according to CPR’s event calendar. She also competed in California’s Funniest Female Competition where she came […]

Nearly 200 people attended the Building Bridges: Hmong Education Fair, sponsored by the Multicultural Educational Resource Center and the UW-Platteville Hmong Club on Sept. 25. The fair included presentations on Hmong history in China, Laos and Thailand, present day life in Laos and the United States, and Hmong culture, arts and crafts.
“A lot of people […]

After a disappointing 45-14 loss to Augustana last year, the Pioneers used a strong defensive performance along with a top-notch performance by receiver Joe Danielson en route to a 24-7 victory over the team from Illinois.
The Pioneers got things going early as senior quarterback Brent Nelson found Danielson in the end zone twice in the […]

The SUFAC is currently undergoing the rollback process by reallocating money back to student organizations for the organizations that had money remaining from last fiscal year. Student groups have until Nov. 1 to apply for a rollback.
Lauren Lehr, UW-Platteville student and vice president of SUFAC, explained how this process works.
“UW-P student groups with money left […]